Cisco Systems Alternatives to Cisco and IOS

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Alternatives to Cisco and IOS Cartoper 07-11-08
Posted by Cartoper on July 11, 2008, 8:49 am
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I am looking for a Internet router/firewall in which I can
programmically configure. I don't need any special "functionallity"
in the unit, just the standard types of features one gets in the low
end home unit. The one feature I do need is the ability to easily
configure the unit via my own custom Windows/Linux program.

From my understanding of IOS, the Cisco 881 or 851 is a perfect
solution. There is one problem, my customers are mom and pop folks
that cannot see purchasing such expensive hardware. I am
wondering... Might someone here know of hardware other then Cisco
that has a programmer interface to configure the unit? I know they
all have web interfaces that I could programmically interact with, but
I would like something a bit more stable and consistent.

If this is the wrong forum for such a question, which I am guessing it
is, any recommendations on what forum is the right one?

Posted by =?ISO-8859-2?Q?S=B3awomir_Kawa on July 11, 2008, 8:59 am
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On pi±, 11 lip 2008 o 12:49 GMT, Cartoper wrote:
> all have web interfaces that I could programmically interact with, but
> I would like something a bit more stable and consistent.

Buy some hardware with big enough RAM/Flash -
http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware - install openwrt and modify it
as you want. Just keep in mind GPL license if you want to modify
someone's soft.

--
Slawomir Kawala
slwkk@alternatywa.net

Posted by tman on July 17, 2008, 8:16 pm
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> On pi=B1, 11 lip 2008 o 12:49 GMT, Cartoper wrote:
>
> > all have web interfaces that I could programmically interact with, but
> > I would like something a bit more stable and consistent.
>
> Buy some hardware with big enough RAM/Flash -http://wiki.openwrt.org/Tabl=
eOfHardware- install openwrt and modify it
> as you want. Just keep in mind GPL license if you want to modify
> someone's soft.
>
> --
> Slawomir Kawala
> sl...@alternatywa.net

Sound like a job for IP Cop. I have one running on a Pentium III
333gHz for a couple of years. When you install it, it installs its on
distribution of Linux. It is easy to admin. It has VPN etc.

http://www.ipcop.org/

Mom and Pop will love you.


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